Investigators combed the wreckage of a high-speed train crash in remote countryside in northern England Saturday after one commuter died and five were seriously injured when the London to Scotland service derailed.

On Nov. 24, the government convinced that the mandatory closing time has led to binge drinking and public drunkenness will end nearly a century of tradition and allow pubs to remain open longer, theoretically up to 24 hours.

British police investigating the botched London subway attack of July 21 said Thursday they had charged two women under anti-terror laws. The women were charged with failing to disclose information that could have helped police secure the arrest of a person involved in terrorism, a police spokeswoman said.

Police charged a 23-year-old man Wednesday with withholding information about the failed July 21 bombing attempts targeting London's transit system, making him the first person in Britain to face criminal charges in the attacks.

As investigators worked to bring terror suspects in Zambia and Italy to Britain, an official warned Wednesday that London police are being stretched thin by the pressures of heightened security in the wake of bombing attacks.

London Underground operators on Tuesday reopened sections of two subway lines that had been closed since the deadly July 7 bombings, while police maintained a high-profile security operation throughout the network.

The police chief warned deadly terror cells could strike any time as thousands of officers flooded the transit system, made more arrests and grilled suspects Thursday in their biggest investigation ever. Exhausted police faced their greatest challenge since World War II.